Dandelions are crucial to honeybees — let them be

Wonder what happened to all the bees? All you need to do is to observe the multitude of weekend warriors armed with hand-held sprayers loaded with glyphosate (Roundup).

In some cases, people are spraying just to spray, believing the only good weed is a dead weed. Sadly, one of the primary targets of that chemical is the delightful dandelion — one of the honeybee's favorite nectar sources. Even in the 1970s, people would enjoy dandelion greens in salads and use the leaves to help eradicate toxins from their systems.

Now, unless the plant is certified organic, if you ate any part of a dandelion, you could be putting toxins into your system. They are beautiful flowers — leave them alone!